Bathing cap



Sept 13, 1932. M, s, L W R 1,877,411

'BATHING CAP Filed Feb. 10, 1931 INVENTOR 3 Melvin 5.191061" ATTORNEY5 Patented Sept.13,1932 a 1 11? UNITED STATES MELVIN s. LOWER, E .BARBERTOLN', OHIO, Assieitoit 'r'o 'rnEisUn RUBBER COMPANY, or EAEEEE'roN, 01110, A CORPORATION 0E onro 7 BATHING an Application filed February 10,1931. Serial No. 514,804. r

This invention relates to elastic bathing tween themold members as a flash which is caps of thin, flexible rubber. trimmed from the edge of the cap after vul- Heretofore elastic rubber bathing caps canization, the edge of the cap preferably have been made in two forms, one in which being defined by a groove 14 forming a ridge the cap is comparatively flat and the other or bead 1 1 about-the edge of the cap. in which the cap is of helmet shape. The The mold cavity 12 tapers outwardly to purpose of the present invention is to prothe edge thereof as shown so that the ribbed vide an improved helmet-shaped cap. edge 14E formed upon the cap is of larger 7 One object of the invention is to provide radius than the body of the cap, the portion L m a rubber bathing cap free of mold rind marks 15 providlng the part of the cap fitting over across the body of the cap. the ears and nape of the neck being of great- Another object of the invention is to proest radius about the axis of the mold. vide a bathing cap of helmet shape, but ta- The caps are made of such size as to be pered outwardly toward its edge whereby stretched Vmore or less over the head. In

15 much of the discomfort heretofore encoun- Figures 2 and 3 the variance of the im- 66 tered in wearing rubber bathing caps is ob proved cap from its normal molded shape viated. when applied on the headis shown in dash The foregoing and other objects of the in and dot lines and in comparison with the vention are attained in the bathing cap ildash-dot outline of the male mold member.

30 lustrated in the accompanying drawing and As best shown in Figure 3, the cap will fit described below. It is to be understood that tightly or be stretched most in the portion the invention is not limited to the specific "indicated by the line AA and the rein form thereof shown and described. forced or beaded edge 14 will fit snugly but Of the accompanying drawing, not too tightly. The portion 15 of. the cap 25 Figure 1 illustrates in section a mold in also will not fit too tightly over the ears 70 which the improved bathing cap is being V1 which has been objectionable in prior forms canized; of caps. v l

Figure 2 is a front view of the improved By forming the cap in the manner 1 -P, the 1111 p i o indicating its Y scribed above the only moldrind formation 30 mal form g 1 to be pp mg) is that about the edge of the'cap which is and the dotted line POSltlOIl the form it as- {desirable as a, reinforcement and no unsumfles hpp h 9 the head} sightly mold rind rib appears across the Figure 3 1s a slde View of the improved b d f th cap Th i d Cap may b bathmg p as bp the headprovided with the usual chin strap 16.

25 Referring to the 7 he lmprove V Modifications of the invention may be re- '80 l are e y molds Such as sorted to without departing from the spirit indlca-ted 111 Flgure 1 Whlch lnchldes a heatthereof or the scope of the appended claim. ed female mold member 10 and'a heated male Wh t i l i d i mold member 1 q p e g t0 forlha a ty A bathing capof flexible, elastic rubber 10 12 therebetween 1n whlch rubber pleces will f d i h l h h f fitti t pth soften and flow by closing the mold under head by stretching, and having depending heat and pressure upon the rubber placed side and rear portions for fitting over the therebetween. The mold is formed with the ears and against the back of the neck, said desired design of bathing cap and excess 1 cap tapering outwardly continuously from I rubber 13 is squeezed from the cavity beits top down toits edge all the way around 9 the cap, said edge being reinforced by a beading of rubber thicker than the body of the cap, the body of the cap above said beaded edge being free of mold rind marks or seams,

5 and saideap when applied having its maximum stretch distributed over a compara tively broad area On the head above said beaded edge and above said depending 'por-r tions whereby the beaded edge of the cap will not embed in the skin causing discomfort torthe wearer and whereby there will be a minimum of pressure of the depending portions of the cap against the ears,

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